Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by ahartmetz 26 days ago
I think XML's main problem is the ridiculous hype-wave that started in the late 90s. I really didn't want to see and hear XML anymore at the time. It was clear to me that it was no more and no less than a slightly awkward toolbox to build your own domain-specific language. Stupid as some of the later hype waves were, most weren't as stupid as the XML hype wave (with the notable exception of blockchain all the things).

XML is actually okay to work with, I don't mind it. XML schemas, XSLT and such are a little more... special, but also used much more rarely.